Bag-holder



J. B. OBRIEN.

BAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 19, x920.

Patented Nov; 22, 1921.

JAMES BENNETT OBRIEN, OF HARTFORD, WISCONSIN.

BAG-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 22, 1921.

Application filed April 19, 1920. Serial No. 374,950.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES B. OBRIEN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Hartford, in the county of Washington and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Holders; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention has for its object to provide .a simple, economical and effective bag holder, which is both portable and adjustable, whereby it can be utilized to hold bags, in suspension, of different sizes.

lVith the above object in view, the invention consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts as herein set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings, and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a bag holder embodying the features of my invention, with parts broken away and in section to show certain structural features.

Fig. 2, an end view of the same, partly in section as indicated by the line 22 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3, a detail cross section illustrating a clamping mechanism for the adjustable structures, the section being indicated by the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring by characters to the drawings, 1 represents a base board of suitable dimensions, which is preferably covered by a metallic sheathing so as to protect it against wear. The base board has secured thereto a pair of supporting standards 2 having feet 3 extending therefrom and one or both of these feet, as the case may be, is preferably slotted as shown at 3, for the reception of retaining bolts at which pass through the base board and are proyided with a suitable clamping nut. By thls arrangement the standard can be adjusted in or out with relation to the opposite standard for varying the width between them to accommodate different sizes of bags. Each of the supporting standards 2 has fitted thereto extension sections 5 which are adjustable with relation to the standards 2 whereby the height of the same is varied to accommodate different length bags.

These extension sections are locked to the standards 2 by clips 6 which engage the ends of both standard parts and are provided with feet 6 to contact with the inner faces of the standards 2, the said feet being merged into a threaded boss which is adapted to receive a clamping bolt 7, the end of the bolt being in frictional engagement with the outer faces of the standards 2 whereby said standard sections are drawn together securely and held against slippage at predetermined elevations. By this simple construction, band iron of standard type can be used and expensive machine work is thus dispensed with, as it is only necessary to cut the band iron into proper lengths and assemble it.

The upper ends of the standard sections 5 are apertured for the reception of locking bolts 8 which are'adapted to receive sets of spreader arms 9. One of the standard arms, as shown in Fig. 2, is of considerable less length than the other, whereby they may be utilized selectively for small or large bags. The ends of the spreader arms merge into gripping points 10, which gripping points are adapted to receive the four corners of the mouth of the bag whereby the bag is firmly held in suspension. When the shorter gripping arms are used the swinging arms 9 may be swung upward over pivot bolts 8 in alinement with the standards so that they will not interfere with the proper adjustment of the bag.

From the foregoing description, it will be observed that a simple portable bag holder is thus obtained which can be manufactured at a minimum cost and can be dismantled readily for shipment or carried from place to place for use, whereby the convenience and compactness is obviously a desirable feature.

Attention is further called to the fact that in order to meet the demands for a practical bag holder, the same must be simple in construction, whereby the article can be sold at a reduced cost. The problem to be solved is also to produce a bag holder which will not require the aid of a skilled mechanic in its various adjustments, and which adjustments, when made, will be held fast.

A further and more important problem is the arrangement of a device of this kind, wherein the supporting standards for the bag are capable of vertical adjustment to fit the device for the support of bags of different heights, and also there must be a horizontal adjustment of the standards, so as to regulate the width for difierent sized bags,

whereby they are held open transversely in one direction, and in. vconi et on w his transverse adjustment there musthe a second adjustment for holding the mouth of bags of different sizes open at a right angle to the standard adjustment just mentioned.v Thus bags of any "diameter can be stretched so as to form a complete rectangular discharge opening, which is tautly held. This last adjns tmentmentioned in my device embodies simply pair -of variable link spreader-arms which are mounted upon common pivots, at the ends of either standands, whereby the companion pairs can be swungto a horizontal position for engagement with a predetermined size bag, and those SRIQ@(Q1Q I7.3,1 IIIS which are not used can be either swung to a vertical position or remaia i a hqrireata POSition if t ey be of a less length than the spreader-arms used.

As for example, when the spreader-arms 9 are; need for holding a small bag, the

spreader-arms 9 would necessarilybe swung .toa vertical position and in alinement, with the standards, so as to permit clearance for the shorter arms to function.

be fitted therebetween; the combination of means for supporting the mouth of bagsoi.

various sizes including like series of difi'erent length spreader-arms in pivotal union with each standard adapted to be selectively shifted to operative position for holding the mouths of bags of diflerent sizes fully open, the spreader-arms not in use being swung to an inactive position.

- In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Harttord, in

the county of Washington and State of Wisconsin.

JAMES BENNETT OBRIEN. 

